Receptacle for small articles.



PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

J. G. DIAMENT.

REOBPTAGLE FOR SMALL ARTICLES.

'APPLIOATION FILED JAN125, 1906.

A I m m m u m I m m l l J- Wzewem- M QQIFQMMQ JOHN C. DIAMENT, OF CEDARVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

REGEPTACLE FOR SMALL ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed January 25, 1906. Serial No. 297,776.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. DIAMENT, of Cedarville, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Receptacles for Small Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved receptacle for small articles, such for instance as dress hooks and eyes, having isolated compartments or pockets of such character as will admit of the opening of one or more of the compartments for the removal of their contents without disclosing or disturbing the contents of the others. I V

The said invention, briefly stated, consists of'a card provided with a series, of holes of any desired shape, which extend through the card. The said holes or isolated compartments are closed at the bottom by a sheet of paper which is pasted to one side of the card. This sheet forms what may be termed the back of the device.

The front of the device which constitutes the re movable cover for the isolated pockets, consists of a sheet of paper which at certain places is treated with an adhesive whereby it may be stuck to the card, and

provided with longitudinal and transverse rows of perforations after the manner of sheets of postage stamps, to admit of the tearing off of such parts of the unpasted paper cover as is necessary to disclose the contents of one or more of the pockets from which the contents are to be withdrawn, while holding the articles in the other pockets securely in place.

In the further description of the said invention which follows, referenceis made to the accompanying drawingforming a part hereof, and in which,

' Figure l is a top or front view of the improved receptacle. Fig. 2 is a top view of the samewith the cover removed. Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 1 taken on the broken'line 3-3. Fig. 4 is an underside view of the perforated cover indicating the portions thereof which are covered with the adhesive, and showing the relation which such portions bear to the pockets, two of which arerepresented in dotted lines.

Referring now to the drawing, 1 is a card shown as provided with twelve rectangulanhole's a arranged in two parallel lines and extending entirely through the card. i

2 is the back of the device consisting of a sheet of paper. In affixing this back to the card it is preferred to apply the paste to the card rather than to the back, to avoid having any adhesive within the pockets to which, in humid weather, the contents of the pockets might adhere.

3 is the cover which consists of a sheet of paper having the longitudinal perforations b which register with the edges 0 of the pockets, and the transverse perforations d which extend centrally of the spaces between the pockets. The stippled portions 5 of Fig. 4 indicate the parts of the cover to which paste is applied, and it will be seen that the adhesive does not extend to the longitudinal rows of perforations. The object of this arrangement is to prevent the accidental filling of the perforations in the application of the paste which filling would so stiffen the paper as to interfere with the tearing of the cover along the lines of perforations in the act of opening the pockets. In Fig.1 a portion of the cover is shown as torn off thereby disclosing the interior of a pocket which contains a dress hook.

In manufacturing :the device, the underside of the card is treated with an adhesive and a plain sheet of paper appliedv This method is preferably reversed with respect to the cover, the adhesive being applied to the cover instead of the card, but it is within the scope of the invention to apply the paste which socures the cover in place, to the card.

From the foregoing description, it will be understood that the entire or any portion of the cover which is situated over the pockets and serves to retain their contents in place, may be easily torn off; and that by means of the rows of perforations in the cover the act of tearing the cover is much facilitated and admits of the removal of definite portions of the cover, thus preventing to a considerable extent the opening of more pockets than is desired, in a manner similar to the tearing of individual postage stamps from a perforated sheet of stamps.

I claim as my invention:

A receptacle for card having a series of holes which extend entirely therethrough, a backwhlclrls pasted on the card to form a. bottom for the holes and thereby produce pockets, and a cover for the said pockets formed of a sheet of paper which is pasted to the card between the pockets, the said small articles which consist of a sheet having rows of perforations situated exterlorly of JOHN C. DIAMENT.

Witnesses r .T. It. C. SHEMPSON, DANIEL L. MAYHEW. 

